Patrick Grant
Norton & Sons of Savile Row, Creative Director
Patrick Grant is a Creative Director and the co-presenter of BBC's Great British Sewing Bee. He has been named in Esquire Magazine's Most Stylish Man in the World. In 2009 he re-launched the historic British sporting and military tailoring house of E. Tautz as a men's ready to wear collection.
"One of the most stylish men in the world"
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Patrick has worked in a number of different industries before a passion for clothing, craftsmanship and old British brands lead him to Savile Row tailors, Norton & Sons which he took over in 2005. He won the British Fashion Council's Menswear Designer of the Year award in 2010 for his work on E. Tautz. He was also named Retailer of the Year at the 2008 Scottish Fashion Awards. Patrick is the director of Community Clothing, which is made at textile manufacturer Cookson & Clegg in Blackburn and used the business to make PPE for the NHS during the coronavirus pandemic. He also presented BBC Two's Coronation Tailors: Fit for a King, a documentary that went behind the scenes at Tottenham-based family-run business, Kashket & Partners, which made 6,000 uniforms for military personnel for the coronation.
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Patrick discusses his accidental entrepreneurship and the importance of creativity in business. He demonstrates the importance of doing one simple thing well, paring down your brand and listening to the needs of the customer.